Li Baoqin's eyebrows furrowed, her fists clenched so tightly that her nails dug into her flesh.

"Even if I have no right, I have done nothing wrong! Your Highness may punish me as you wish! But Li Anqi cannot escape the charge of murdering Your Highness's eldest son!"

Li Baoqin spoke with righteous indignation, her words brimming with anger and hatred.

"You really..." Ling Luo pressed closer, leaning down to whisper coldly in her ear, "You really didn't do anything wrong?"

"..." Li Baoqin's body stiffened instantly, as if she had turned to stone.

Her only mistake was getting drunk that night and letting herself have sex with Wei Yuan...

Did Ling Luo find out?!

Li Baoqin suddenly looked at Ling Luo and saw that his gaze was like a blade, almost indifferent to the point of being ruthless.

It shouldn't be... it shouldn't be... how could he possibly know?

If he finds out, whether he lets me go or not is another matter, but he definitely won't let Wei Yuan go!

Wei Yuan is perfectly fine now and continues to serve him as before.

That means he didn't know.

Li Baoqin convinced herself and gradually calmed down.

Ling Luo tilted her head slightly and asked Li Anqi, "Since Consort Qi has been wronged, how do you intend to deal with it?"

Li Baoqin suddenly looked up, as if she wanted to question Ling Luo: how could she be so sure that Li Anqi was innocent, and why was the power of judgment given to Li Anqi? Shouldn't it have been hers?

"I want them dead." Li Anqi's tone was icy cold, his expression carrying a hint of bloodlust.

She originally planned to deal with these guards herself.

Since Ling Luo has spoken, it saves her the time and effort of thinking about it.

If Lingluo is unwilling to execute these guards.

She'll do it herself!

Ling Luo's expression changed, and a smile couldn't be suppressed in her eyes: "Okay."

For some reason, he felt incredibly comfortable at that moment.

It seems that Li Anqi, in essence, is just like me; Li Anqi makes the distance between them no longer seem so great.

Her true, cruel side actually pleased him.

"Your Highness!" Li Baoqin said anxiously, about to say something.

Zhao Dequan and the other fifteen guards knelt down in unison, like a large swath of fallen rice seedlings.

"Goddess Chess, we are living, breathing human beings! Aren't you a benevolent person? Can you please spare us, these wretches with elderly parents and young children to support!"

Zhao De spoke with a ferocious expression, unable to hold back his tears.

Some of the guards looked ashen-faced, heads bowed; others were so frightened they wet their pants…

"I'll let you go? Did you just let me go? You're living, breathing people, but isn't Xiao Dezi one?"

Li Anqi's words were sharp and incisive, like a blunt arrow piercing the eardrums of the guards.

"I said I would make you pay the price, and I meant it!" she gritted her teeth.

Among the guards, there were quite a few cowards who, risking the charge of disobeying, hastily offered explanations:

"Chief Zhao brought us here. At first, we were unwilling, but Chief Zhao said that with Lady Qin protecting us, no matter what, the blame wouldn't fall on us!"

"Yes, we subordinates can only follow orders; we have no choice in the matter!"

"If Lady Chess wants to avenge that little eunuch, she should seek revenge on the two people who drowned him earlier. It has nothing to do with us..."

"Yes, Lady Chess, please spare us..."

The other guards kept crying and kowtowing to Li Anqi.

Zhao Dequan and the two guards who drowned Xiao Dezi looked ashen-faced, their eyes bulging like zombies with one foot in the grave.

A glint flashed in Ling Luo's eyes, her dark pupils fixed on Li Anqi, anticipating what she would say next.

Li Anqi took a deep breath, his eyes slightly red, his expression solemn, and his voice calm and clear:

“The Prince’s Mansion has its own rules. If you die, the Prince’s Mansion will take care of your families… People have to pay the price for their actions.”

Did she let them go?

Xiao Dezi died unjustly, but they only received a little punishment and that was it.

It's impossible!

They all deserve to die!

Ling Luo gradually curled the corners of her lips into a smile, and a sense of joy, tinged with a touch of manic ecstasy, rose from the depths of her eyes.

He couldn't wait any longer and parted his thin lips: "Zhao Dequan's guards have committed insubordination and offended Consort Qi. They should all be skinned alive and thrown into the mountains to feed the dogs!"

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